Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if the Idan Kingdom takes advantage of the situation and invades, causing a war everywhere, military supplies will be in short supply."
During the snowstorm last year, the national treasury was already in a tight spot. If Princess Jingling had not come to her aid, Lu Xiuqi would have had no idea what to do.
Only a few months had passed in the year, and the treasury had not had time to be replenished. When the war broke out, the treasury was consumed faster than fire.
"this……"
The emperor tapped his fingers lightly on the dragon throne. If he were to fight against both Yidan and Da Zhou at the same time, he would have someone to lead the troops, but this silver...
If the military supplies cannot keep up, let alone winning the battle, we will be playing with the lives of the soldiers.
"My dear ministers, the military supply is of utmost importance. Do you have any way to solve this problem?"
"this……"
The ministers looked at each other and counted their own property.
No one spoke for a long while.
Just as the emperor was about to get angry, Grand Tutor Xue stepped forward and said, "This old minister is willing to donate ten thousand taels of silver to help our dynasty show its might!"
Not to mention the emperor, everyone else was stunned as well.
Ten thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid that Old Master Xue would even take out his own coffin money.
"Your Majesty, I am also willing to donate three thousand taels of silver."
"I am willing to donate one thousand taels!"
“…”
Since Old Master Xue had donated first, others didn't dare to hide it. However, too much was donated last year, and there wasn't much left on hand now.
Therefore, even if everyone is counted, it is still less than 200,000 taels.
If several wars break out at the same time, this little money will be just a drop in the bucket.
"Father, I have a plan."
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